Pay for the work
Fixed price. Full ownership.
₹2L+
Per Sprint
- Best if
- You know what you need
- You own
- Everything
- You can
- Stop after any cycle
- Next
- Sprint or monthly Grow
We back businessesThat shape India.Then we build.
TFC is a collective of builders, operators and investors. We back businesses that matter, from first startups to third-generation firms, and stay with them from the first build to the fundraise.
Anyone can buildNow. The hard partIs everything else.
AI collapsed the cost of making things: sites, apps, films, code. It didn't touch the hard part. Knowing what to build, how to grow it, and who should back it.
The machine builds.We decide what's good.
Craft, restraint, and knowing what not to ship. That's what makes a business worth backing, and it's the part we refuse to automate.
For the ones whoWon't compromise.
Some businesses matter more than their resources suggest. A startup with a real problem and no runway. A family business ready for its next generation. Both deserve better than "good enough for now."
That's who we work with. We don't filter by size or stage. We filter by the weight of the problem and the ambition of the people solving it.
Pay us for the work, or pay less and make us partners. Either way, you get the collective's judgement in your corner.
Iron sharpens iron.Bring 
your problemTo people who've solved it
Operators, founders and investors who have built, scaled and raised before. Assembled around your problem, from the first build to the fundraise.
Akshay M
Co-founder & CEO, SOF
Alvin Li
Board Director, Zero Footprint Asia
Amit Vyas
CEO, Moolya Ed
Annika Gatermann
Ex-Chief of Staff, Citibank
Ayush Koshta
Technology Lead, Docusign, ex-Meesho
Coomar Prantik Barua
Co-founder, TFC & SOF
Sachin Jha
Founder, Unkapped
Sadhiya Shiraj
Founder, Marif
Vaisakh VL
Founding Member, Moolya Inc
Akshay M
Co-founder & CEO, SOF
Alvin Li
Board Director, Zero Footprint Asia
Amit Vyas
CEO, Moolya Ed
Annika Gatermann
Ex-Chief of Staff, Citibank
Ayush Koshta
Technology Lead, Docusign, ex-Meesho
Coomar Prantik Barua
Co-founder, TFC & SOF
Sachin Jha
Founder, Unkapped
Sadhiya Shiraj
Founder, Marif
Vaisakh VL
Founding Member, Moolya Inc
What We Do
Build it. Grow it.Same people throughout.
Two tracks. Build runs in Sprints with a finish line. Grow runs in monthly cycles with a report at the end of each. Start with one, run both, or move from one to the other.
Build
Sprints · ends in a launch
Grow
Monthly cycles · ends in a report
How We Engage
Two ways to
work with us.
Make us partners
Smaller fee. A stake for the collective.
Fee + stake
A few spots each cycle
- Best if
- You're early and ambitious
- You own
- Your company
- We add
- Our network when you raise
- Next
- Apply for this cycle
The short answers.
TFC (The Frontier Collective) is a collective of builders, operators and investors in India. We build brands, websites, apps and AI-native products, and run growth for businesses that matter, either for a fixed fee or in exchange for a stake.
What is The Frontier Collective (TFC)?
TFC is a collective of builders, operators and investors. We back businesses that matter, from first startups to third-generation family firms, and stay with them from the first build to the fundraise.
Who does TFC work with?
Startups with a real problem and no runway, and established or family businesses ready for their next generation. We don't filter by size or stage. We filter by the weight of the problem and the ambition of the people solving it.
What does TFC do?
Two tracks. Build covers brand and identity, websites and apps, and AI-native products, delivered in sprints that end in a launch. Grow covers strategy and go-to-market, social and content, and performance and search (including SEO and AI-answer visibility), delivered in monthly cycles that end in a report.
How much does it cost to work with TFC?
There are two ways to engage. Pay for the work: sprints start from ₹2 lakh, at a fixed price, and you own everything. Or pay less and make us partners: a smaller fee plus a stake for the collective, by application, with a few spots each cycle.
How does a project work?
The collective's senior people make the decisions, AI does the heavy lifting, and you see every decision in the TFC Portal. A sprint ends in a launch and a Grow cycle ends in a report. You can stop after any cycle.
How do I get started?
Fill in the short intake on the site. In return you get a real cost range and what moves it, before any call happens.
Tell us the problem.
We'll tell you the
Honest number.
A short guided intake — what you're building, where it stands, what's in the way. In return: a real cost range and what moves it, before any call happens. No proposal theatre, no surprise zeroes.